adjective
- noting a case, as in Finnish, whose function is to indicate motion out of or away from.
noun
- an elative case.
- an adjectival form, as in Arabic, denoting intensity or superiority, approximately equivalent to the comparative and superlative of other languages.
adjective
- (in the grammar of Finnish and other languages) denoting a case of nouns expressing a relation of motion or direction, usually translated by the English prepositions out of or away fromCompare illative (def. 3)
noun
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- the elative case
- an elative word or speech element